[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1531]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081298B]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Withdrawal of Permit

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Withdrawal of a scientific research permit application (1169).

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SUMMARY: NMFS has received notice from the United States Forest 
Service, Mt. Hood National Forest in Sandy, OR (MHNF), to withdraw its 
application for a permit for take of an Endangered Species Act (ESA) - 
listed species associated with scientific research.

ADDRESSES: Protected Resources Division (PRD), F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon 
Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-2737 (503-230-5400).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Schaeffer, Portland, OR (503-
230-5424, fax: 503-230-5435, e-mail: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following ESA-listed species and 
evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) is covered in this notice:
    Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): threatened lower Columbia River 
(LCR).

Permit Application Withdrawn

    Notice was published on August 27, 1998 (63 FR 45799) that MHNF 
applied for a scientific research permit under section 10(a)(1)(A) of 
the ESA. The permit was requested for take of adult and juvenile, 
threatened, LCR steelhead associated with four routine fish 
distribution and monitoring research studies. At the time the permit 
was requested, protective regulations for threatened LCR steelhead 
under section 4(d) of the ESA had not been promulgated by NMFS. After 
the protective regulations for threatened LCR steelhead were 
established (see 65 FR 42422, July 10, 2000), NMFS determined that MHNF 
take of LCR steelhead associated with the proposed scientific research 
in the MHNF would best be handled under Oregon Department of Fish and 
Wildlife's scientific research take limit under their 4(d) rule for 
that species. As such, on August 27, 2001, MHNF notified NMFS to 
withdraw its permit application from consideration.

    Dated: January, 15, 2002.
Phil Williams,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-1531 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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